On Friday 19 February 2010 12:11:31 Charles Obler wrote:
I've just installed 11.2, and I'm SHOCKED by the apparent loss of functionality. It feels like Linux is being dumbed-down to meet the meager expectations of Windows users. Tell me I'm wrong!
Most of my complaints pertain to KDE 4. Something has gone TERRIBLY wrong with KDE. Here are some of the things that I can do in 10.2 that I can no longer do in 11.2:
Shortcut keys: * In 10.2, I use Ctrl-Alt-D to show the desktop. Function not available in 11.2! * In 10.2, I can use Ctrl-Alt-M to maximize the window: Doesn't work in 11.2. * In 10.2, I can use Ctrl-Alt-A to access the menu bar in KConsole. Function not available in 11.2! * In 10.2, I can use Ctrl-/ and Ctrl-\ to switch between desktops. Function not available in 11.2.
I don't see that anyone responded to this, but all these features are available in "Configure desktop" (the kde control center), under Keyboard & mouse->Global keyboard shortcuts, you select "kwin" from the application dropdown, and then set the shortcuts to whatever you want As far as I remember, this is exactly how it worked in kde3. Did you perhaps configure this so long ago that you forgot where it was?
USB Memory: * In 10.2, I can access my USB memory with mc, simply by going to the /media directory. In 11.2, my USB memory is inaccessible, except through Dolphin. Using Dolphin to copy from one directory to another takes me five times as long as using mc.
Five times longer? I find this difficult to believe Anyway, in 10.2 there was a system wide automount. This was later removed in favour of a hal-based approach which requires support from the desktop you're logged in to. You can bypass this by mounting the device manually, or simply using the device notifier in kde to mount it and then using mc for everything else But if it really takes you five times longer, you're doing something wrong
KDE Version: * When I open the Personal Settings, KDE doesn't display its version. In fact, it doesn't even display KDE! Are the KDE 4 developers trying to hide, or something?!
Help->About Having it on the first displayed screen is something I've always found useless and annoying
Internet: * Worst of all, I find that my new nVidia MCP61 Ethernet (rev a2), on the market since 2006, is still not working in 11.2!
Hm, according to what I can find, it should be supported by the forcedeth driver. Maybe you should open a bug report for it Anders -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org